Traditional and classic Chinese calligraphic symbols, words, idioms and proverbs for your art design. Created by Andres Leo since 2001.

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Index of Chinese Phrases and Vocabulary
with mp3 audio pronunciations and related video instruction lesson


The following video demonstrates each syllable of the pinyin structure
and the exercise of pinyin/zhuyin with basic Chinese 4-tune pronunciation

Mandarin pinyin tunes
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retroflex tunes in Mandarin

shūn, shún, shǔn, shùn

third tune

shǔn

suck; lick

shǔn


fourth tune

shùn

going smoothly; having no trouble
obey; submissive

shùn

propitious; smooth going
done successfully; without a hitch

順利

shùn lì

going smoothly

shùn

advantageous

instant; moment; very short time

shùn

Chinese characters also pronunced shùn

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